Practice Areas: Appellate

Appellate practice starts at the trial court level by preserving issues for appeal and framing arguments to be addressed by the appellate courts.  Once on appeal, our experience crafting persuasive briefs and delivering effective oral arguments can be outcome determinative as to whether an adverse ruling is overturned or a favorable one preserved.

 

Iowa Supreme Court Addresses Notice Requirements for Default Judgment Procedure

Lincoln Savings Bank served a foreclosure lawsuit on the attorney for Debra Emmert after her loan payments failed to arrive. After the deadline for a responsive pleading had passed, the bank mailed a notice of intent to file an application for default judgment to Emmert’s attorney. The notice of intent was not separately mailed to […]

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